Glove.



No. 628,017. Patented July 4, I899. D. H. MURPHY.

GLOVE.

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DANIEL H. MURPHY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,017, dated July 4, 1899.

Application filed April 1, 1899. Serial No. 711,382. (No model.)

grades of kid; and it has for its object the pro duction of an article of the kind mentioned which will possess distinguishing features, re-

sembling and imitating more particularly the perfect form of the finger-nails, so that a certain characteristic appearance and elegance will result which will render the glove desir able and subject to the mandates of fashion and will also cause it to fit the hand in a more perfect manner.

With this object in View my improved glove embodies at the finger-tips thereof por tions which are formed in the back to closely resemble well-shaped finger-nails, and

such portions may, before the fourchettes are stitched to the back, be set or stiffened by various means in order to preserve the shape imparted to them.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a glove provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is asection on line 2 2, Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 3 is a similar section showing a modification of the invention.

Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the drawings, A designates the glove, formed of the back 10 and the fourchettes 11, joined and stitched together in the usual manner, the joint being indicated by the line 12. At the tip portions 13 the back is formed to resemble closely the finger-nails, and such form may be imparted to the backs of the fingers by pressure in a suitable mold or die preparatory to finishing or stitching the saidback and fourchettes together.

Various means may be employed for setting and maintaining the stamped or embossed portions in proper form and in such a manner that moisture or the perspiration of the hands shall not prove detrimental to the preservation of the shape originally given to the tips, and I preferably subject the inner surface thereof to a treatment of an elastic and waterproof cement, so that the wearer may not experience any change in the easy feeling of the fingers, While at the same time the form will be preserved. It is obvious that other means may be employed for the same both forms being within the purview of my invention.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. As an article of manufacture, a glove having the tips shaped to resemble and fit the finger-nails, the shaped portions being permanently set to retain their form. 2. As an article of manufacture, a glove having tips with permanent representations of the finger-nails in intaglio therein.

DANIEL H. MURPHY.

Witnesses:

WM. H. BLODGETT, HENRY BIssELL. 

